Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
Hurricane Harvey flooded 100 percent of all the businesses in Kingwood Town Center. Recovery has been a long, hard road. Some retailers threw in the towel. Others hung on by their nails. The shopping center on the northwest side of Kingwood Drive and West Lake Houston Parkway was one of the hardest hit – caught […]
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Read MoreLeaders from the Cypress Creek area met on 9/6/2022 to hear a pitch about forming a Cypress Creek Drainage Improvement District. The purpose: to accelerate projects that could reduce flood damage. A Gathering of Utility District Heads Approximately 100 to 120 people attended the meeting. Most represented municipal utility and other special purpose districts. Much […]
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Read MoreThe massive location at 1212 Waugh Drive that was once home to Tony Mandola’s Gulf Coast Kitchen will soon have an extravagant new occupant: Gatsby’s Prime Seafood. Gatsby Hospitality Group […]
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Read MoreFelix Florez has borne many titles in his life: rancher, butcher, sommelier, chef. Now, he can add brick-and-mortar restaurateur to his résumé. Cherry Block Smokehouse, in Garden Oak’s Stomping Grounds […]
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Read MoreThe Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) will soon begin constructing its Lauder Basin Phase 2 in the Greens Bayou watershed. Scheduled for Fall 2022, Phase 2 is located east of Aldine Westfield Road in the area of the Castlewood Subdivision between Aldine Bender and Lauder Roads. Size and Scope This project help reduce existing […]
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Read MoreSince April 2022, I’ve documented the ever-widening clearing of the new Royal Pines subdivision at the north end of West Lake Houston Parkway. See what the development looked like in: April May June July At the end of August, it appeared as though the clearing was close to complete. Massive piles of dead trees remain […]
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Read MoreNew Caney ISD’s new West Fork High School on Sorters-McClellan Road south of Kingwood Drive celebrated its grand opening on August 23, 2022. Here’s a video of the event. I’ve been following the construction of the school since early 2020. Construction is the riskiest period in a project as we saw with the aborted Woodridge […]
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Read MoreMy weird nephew Izzy wants to rent one of those new 660-square-foot homelets going up in the Preserve at Woodridge. He came to me so excited the other day that he was gesturing wildly and sloshed beer all over his Mötley Crüe T-shirt. “Uncle Bob,” he enthused, “You gotta see these places! I can maybe […]
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Read MoreAt the end of August, I checked with Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) to see how excavation of the new Woodridge Village detention pond was coming and what the next steps are. Before and After Photos The two photos below show the extent of excavation at the end of July and today. Eventually, the […]
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Read MoreCuchara, the Mexico City-themed restaurant at 214 Fairview in Montrose, is about to get a lot bigger. Owner Ana Beaven says she and partner Charlie McDaniel have bought out Lasco […]
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